My first picasa experiment - see photo!

Thank you! Do you use photo editing software or programs?

yes i have i will attache it.

Since you use photoshop, do you know how to fade out or change background colors? The only reason I even got photoshop was to fade out backgrounds and handpaint, greyscale or sepia photos and then for instance create green eyes or color one flower or the ribbon on a package, etc. Picasa doesn't do those two things. It is VERY addicting and I'm afraid I might start manipulating everything from now on. It was fun editing some of my daughter's ballet pictures, using focal point color and soft focus I could make the photo zero in on her without cropping everybody else out lol.

First....I'm including the original photo that I "swirled"---to be honest I'm still learning about photoshop...mainly hit and miss, trial and error. One way to change color background though is to pick a color from the "palate" with the thing that looks like an eyedropper, then pick your brush size and "paint" the color in--at least that's what I do...probably IS a better way to do that, just haven't figured it out yet..LOL. I'll have to read my copy of Photoshop for Dummies book...I have a copy of it but never really read the whole thing

Picasa seems to be such an easy program to use, it doesn't do EVERYTHING but it does a lot more than the other programs I have tried do. I have Kodak Easyshare Gallery and also editing with paint but neither one has the options picasa does.

Why thank you! I was especially excited about being able to change the exposure - fill light, highlights, shadows, along with soft focus, graduated tint, and B&W focal. For art/graphic use for my vid and scrapping projects, I especially like being able to add text. I might have to use photoshop in order to layer or combine photos, but give me time.

Thanks Leenie! I have been doing a few more things, it's very easy, it's just hard figuring out exactly what you like once you start editing.